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Cells Form Into Living ‘Xenobots’ on Their Own

The potential for cells to find their way to body plans was dramatically illustrated recently with a report that when some sea slugs become...

Synthetic Biology Startup Acquires AI Platform To Disrupt The Drug Industry

Sean McClain, Co-Founder and CEO of AbSci. AbSci There has been a lot of recent attention...

More Talent Rushes To The Synthetic Biology Gold Mine: Venture Capitalist Mitchell Mutz Leaves Roche To Join Codon Capital

Synthetic biology sells picks and shovels for the $4 trillion bioeconomy, and Codon Capital sees ... this opportunity....

Can This California Startup Brew Sustainable, Guilt-Free Plastic From Sugar?

A new partnership aims to brew the raw materials needed for greener bioplastics One-third of a car's parts are...

A Next-Generation Infant Formula—The Closest To Mother’s Milk Yet—Made With Biology

When breastfeeding isn’t an option, a new bioengineering-enabled formula may be the next best thing Mother’s milk is always...

Ocean Crops: Is This The Next Frontier For Agriculture?

Ocean Tech Startups are now working on growing rice in the ocean on giant farms, to address current ......

Despite Coronavirus, New Survey Shows 56% Of Americans Are Thinking About Sustainability More Than Ever

Despite coronavirus, Americans are thinking about sustainability more than ever. Is this the moment ... in history when...

A New 20-Minute Covid-19 Test Will Use CRISPR Gene Editing Technology To Deliver Results At The Doctor’s Office, Supermarket, Or Workplace

Sherlock Biosciences is partnering with binx health to not only bring to market the first point-of-care CRISPR product but also take the first step...

If Biology Can Build It, They Will Come: Ginkgo Bioworks Is Laying The Foundation For The $4 Trillion Bioeconomy

Early innovators in synthetic biology have had to get creative to grow not just their own ... businesses,...

Investing In These 8 Bioeconomy Sectors Could Create Up To 1.6M Jobs Lost To COVID

Governments can create incentives to transition skilled workers from sectors hard-hit by coronavirus ... into more resilient industries...

This Synthetic Biology Company Is On The Cusp Of Using Live, Engineered Bacteria As A Cancer Drug

Synlogic CEO Aoife Brennan speaking at SynBioBeta. The company has engineered bacteria that shrink ... cancer tumors in...

Could We Be Farming Rather Than Mining Metals In The Future?

Surface of Seabed Manganese Nodule from South Korean operations Getty There are trillions of potato-sized metal...

Mike Kamdar, The Future Of DNA Writing, And The Business Of Biology

With a new way to write DNA, Mike Kamdar and his team at Molecular Assemblies are poised to disrupt just about any industry you...

Genscript’s Five-Step Mission To Neutralize COVID-19

Although these are uncertain times, one thing I am certain of is that with synthetic biology and ... ...

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